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GEORGE'W. PRENT'IGE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 81,684, dated September B11868; antedated August 15,I868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PKENTICE, of the city and countyofProvidence, and State ofRhode Island, have invented a. new andimproved Metallic Eyelet, and composition for making the some; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

Heretofore, these articles have b oen' made of copper, or copper alloyedwith tin or zinc, and afterwards silvered bydip'ping-in a solution ofthat metal, to give them arwhite aud fiuished appearance, and preventthem from tarnishing in use.

The object in view in my invention is the production of an eyelet from acomposition of metal, that may be more eaiiily and expeditiously workedinto form by any machinery capable of making'metallie eyelets, and

that from the nature of the composition will be delivered from themachine having the samo'silvered appearance as the ordinary eyelet, and,consequently will require no dipping or other operation of the kind, andbesides this, will always remain bright, without turning red or yellow,as is the case when the silvering wears ofl" and exposes the copper orbrass in the ordinary eyelet, and will therefore be better adapted forinsertion in articles of clothing, and generally for other purposes,than the ordinary metallic eyelets.

My invention consists of an eyelet made from a'metallic composition oftin and certain other ingredients as herein set forth.

The composition, which I have employed with success, is made up of thefollowing ingredients:

Tin, two parts, by weight.

Antimony, one and a half part, by weight.

Arsenic, one part, by weight.

Melt in a crucible, and stir thoroughly together, and mould into theform of ingots, after which the ingot is rolled-into the thicknessrequired, and when stripped up is ready for use.

From these proportions of the several ingredients I have thus farobtained the best results as to the smoothness and ease of working thecomposition into eyelets, as well as to their brightness of color andpolish when delivered from the machine, and the entire avoidance ofsplitting, like all other eyelets, in inserting them,-i'n the Way oftheir use, in-diii'erent fabrics. But I wish it to be understood thatthe proportion of the several ingredients may be varied'to some extentwithoutv injuriously affecting the desirable qualities of the materialfor the purpose for which it is designed; and that I claim the saidmetals under a different proportional com.- bination, as well as thatabove particnlarly'speciticd.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- The article of an eyelet, of the composition of material herein setforth, as a new manufacture.

GEO. W. PRENTICE. Witnesses Issac A. Bsowwstn Joan PRENTIOE.

